Is Santiago de Compostela safe? Spain travel risk
Is Santiago de Compostela safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Santiago de Compostela scores 27/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Spain Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 1 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Santiago de Compostela scores 27/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Spain (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Santiago de Compostela: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (36/100).
A score of 27 is higher than the scores of 18% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Spain travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Galicia (42.8778° N, 8.5444° W), Santiago de Compostela sits 486.3 km ESE from Madrid at 257 m elevation.
Galicia
42.8778° N, 8.5444° W
257 m
Europe/Madrid
99,536
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Spain)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Santiago de Compostela happened in January, June, November and December (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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